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To: THE ANT who wrote (70531)	1/24/2011 1:15:48 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217749

Let's see how government reins inflation in 11 first half. Growing at 4.5% in 11 will slow inflation Foreign inflows will continue and even accelerate this year. Good to hear your daughter is interested in veterinary. I wish mine was too! Yes, Brazilians -and most people- improve with better economic conditions. Not the Africans. When they improve economically they deteriorate as people.

To: THE ANT who wrote (70531)	1/28/2011 9:11:47 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217749

Brazil's Finance Minister rebuffs IMF * Says Brazil's fiscal accounts are improving (Adds from graf 2) BRASILIA Jan 28 (Reuters) - Brazil's Finance Minister Guido Mantega said on Friday that a recent forecast by the International Monetary Fund for Brazil's 2011 fiscal outlook is wrong, and that the country's public accounts are actually improving. The IMF said on Thursday that the underlying fiscal outlook weakened more than projected in certain emerging market economies and that the deterioration of Brazil's fiscal account was "particularly pronounced." See [ID:nWALRCE7YF]. "(Their) forecast for 2011 is totally wrong," Mantega told reporters in Brasilia. Brazil's public accounts came under pressure in 2010 as government spending in an election year outweighed monthly records in tax revenues. The government has since promised substantial budget cuts, as it tries to create the conditions for lower interest rates, but has yet to reveal concrete figures. (Reporting by Leonardo Goy; Writing by Ana Nicolaci da Costa; Editing by W Simon In Portuguese: www1.folha.uol.com.br

To: THE ANT who wrote (70531)	2/12/2011 2:55:28 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217749

Klaser, see Kyros message. Curitiba sq m price is FLA x 10!!!

To: THE ANT who wrote (70531)	2/20/2011 1:43:31 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217749

Klaser is happening!! “If I keep doing this I won’t even have to go to work any more.” Alexandre, a 37-year-old textile engineer from Morumbi, a smart neighbourhood of São Paulo a few miles north of the city’s Jardim Angela favela, has bought a penthouse apartment that is still being built but he is already thinking of selling it. “I bought my first place in Morumbi in 2006 for R$100,000, sold it for double in 2010, signed up R$500,000 for this place in September and it’s going to get even higher when it’s finished,” he explains. “If I keep doing this I won’t even have to go to work any more.” ELMAT: Last time I heard such thing was back in 2000 an 28 year old engineer working for mobile business telling me he wanted to reited at 35!! Rio ranked fourth in the world for prime office rentals after Hong Kong with $2,644 per sq m, London’s West End with $2,563 and Tokyo with $1,827, the study from Cushman showed. ft.com We need to tell MQ, I think after cops put the bandidoes to run after invading Favela do Alemão had an effect in the commercial real estate of Rio.

To: THE ANT who wrote (70531)	2/21/2011 12:34:50 AM
From: elmatador	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217749

Bilingualism delays dementia, say experts By Clive Cookson in Washington Published: February 19 2011 02:20 \| Last updated: February 19 2011 02:20 New studies have demolished the old myth that growing up bilingual is a mild cognitive handicap. On the contrary, recent research shows that children who speak two languages benefit from the extra mental exercise – and that in old age bilingualism protects the brain against dementia. The American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Washington heard that bilingual speakers tend to outperform monolinguals in certain mental abilities, such as editing out irrelevant information and focusing on what is important. “There is a set of cognitive processes known as the executive control system, which is the most important part of your mind,” said Ellen Bialystok, psychology professor at York University, Toronto. “In a large programme of research we have been able to show that this executive control system is enhanced in people who are actively bilingual.” Judith Kroll, psychology professor at the University of Maryland, said the findings contradicted previous ideas that bilingualism somehow hindered cognitive development. “The received wisdom was that bilingualism created confusion, especially in children,” she said. “The belief was that people who could speak two or more languages had difficulty using either.” In fact, exactly the opposite is true. Researchers attribute these enhanced multi-tasking skills to the way bilinguals negotiate mentally between the languages – “mental juggling”, as Prof Kroll put it. Janet Werker, psychology professor at the University of British Columbia, studies babies from birth to toddlerhood, comparing the way they learn and react to languages in monolingual and bilingual households. She said infants thrived mentally, learning two languages at the same time from birth. They never confused the two. “These findings provide even stronger evidence that human infants are equally prepared to grow up bilingual as they are monolingual,” said Prof Werker. “The task of language separation is something they are prepared to do from birth.” But the most striking evidence of the benefits of bilingualism came at the other end of life. Prof Bialystok said her study of 450 Canadian Alzheimer’s patients – half monolingual and half bilingual – proved that speaking two languages through life had a “dramatic” protective effect against dementia. In patients who were matched for cognitive level, education, job history and immigration background, bilingualism delayed the onset of Alzheimer’s symptoms by four to five years on average. “It seems to be adding to people’s ‘cognitive reserve’, like other social, mental and physical activities that give some protection against dementia in older people who maintain an active lifestyle,” said Prof Bialystok. .

To: THE ANT who wrote (70531)	3/8/2011 8:09:24 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217749

klaser I'm trying to entice TJ to come to Brazil an go out with a carnaval block.

To: THE ANT who wrote (70531)	3/8/2011 8:43:07 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217749

"It will be a strong measure,". Brazil Eyes Measures To Contain Real After Carnival -Estado According to the Finance Ministry source, central bank President Alexandre Tombini and Finance Minister Guido Mantega have already discussed the measures, which are practically ready for implementation. "It will be a strong measure," the source told Estado. online.wsj.com